Editing Porto Alegre (section)

{{Short description|Capital and largest city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil}}
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{{distinguish|Portalegre, Portugal}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Porto Alegre
| settlement_type    = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| official_name      = ''Município de Porto Alegre''<br />Municipality of Porto Alegre
| motto              = ''Leal e Valorosa Cidade de Porto Alegre''<br />Loyal and Valiant City of Porto Alegre
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 | image1   = IBPA 17398 - Vista aérea da Orla Moacyr Scliar, na capital. O - 2018-10-02 - Luciano Lanes-PMPA (cropped).jpg
 | caption1 = [[Skyline]] of Porto Alegre and [[Guaíba Lake]]
 | image2   = A_colorida_Casa_de_Cultura.jpg
 | caption2 = Mario Quintana House of Culture
 | image3   = Laçador (2189247301) (cropped).jpg
 | caption3 = Statue of ''Laçador''
 | image4   = Gasometro_Guaiba.JPG
 | caption4 = Gasometer Plant
 | image5   = Monumento_aos_expedicionários_-_Parque_Farroupilha_1.jpg
 | caption5 = [[Farroupilha Park]]
 | image6   = Porto_Alegre_2012_Nokia_N8_-_panoramio.jpg
 | caption6 = [[Monument to the Azoreans]] and Administrative Center 
 | image7   = Porto Alegre por Cristine Huff 12.jpg
 | caption7 = [[Iberê Camargo Foundation]]
 | image8   = Igreja Nossa Senhora das Dores - Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil (cropped).jpg
 | caption8 = Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows
 | color  = white
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Mesoregions of Brazil|Mesoregion]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[Microregions of Brazil|Microregion]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_name1  = [[Southern Region, Brazil|South]]
| subdivision_name2  = {{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}
| subdivision_name3  = [[Metropolitan Porto Alegre]]
| subdivision_name4  = Microregion of Porto Alegre
| leader_title       = [[Mayor of Porto Alegre|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Sebastião Melo]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]])
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = {{start date and age|1772|3|26|df=y}}
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 496.827
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| population_demonym = Porto-alegrenses
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_footnotes = <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/porto-alegre/panorama IBGE 2022]</ref>
| population_total   = 1,389,322 ([[List of largest cities in Brazil|12th]])
| population_density_km2 = 2,837.5
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| population_metro   = 4,167,025 ([[List of largest cities in Brazil|5th]])
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| demographics_type1       = [[GDP|GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)]]
| demographics1_footnotes  = 
| demographics1_title1     = Year
| demographics1_info1      = 2023
| demographics1_title2     = Total
| demographics1_info2      = $77.7&nbsp;billion<ref name="TelluBase">{{cite web|url=https://tellusant.com/repo/tb/tellubase_factsheet_bra.pdf|publisher=Tellusant|title=TelluBase—Brazil Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)| access-date = 2024-01-11}}</ref>
| timezone           = [[UTC|UTC−3]]
| utc_offset         = -3
| coordinates        = {{coord|30|01|59|S|51|13|48|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 10
| elevation_ft       = 
| area_code          = +55 51
| postal_code_type   = Postal Code
| postal_code        = 90000-000
| blank_name         = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2010)
| blank_info         = 0.805  – <span style="color:#090">very high</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranking IDHM 2010 |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP)
}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.prefeitura.poa.br}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Porto Alegre''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˌ|p|ɔːr|t|uː|_|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|ɡ|r|eɪ}}, {{IPAc-en|US|-|_|ɑː|ˈ|l|eɪ|ɡ|r|i|,_|ˌ|p|ɔːr|t|oʊ|_|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|ɡ|r|ə}};<ref>[https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Pôrto+Alegre "Pôrto Alegre"]{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (US) and {{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/P%C3%B4rto+Alegre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818042646/https://www.lexico.com/definition/porto_alegre?s=t |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-08-18 |title=Pôrto Alegre |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Porto Alegre|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|pt-BR|ˈpoʁtu aˈlɛɡɾi, -tw aˈ-|lang|}}, {{IPA|pt-BR|ˈpoɾ-|local|Br-PortoAlegre.ogg}}; {{lit|Joyful Harbor}}) is the capital and largest city of the [[Brazil]]ian [[Federative units of Brazil|state]] of [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|11th-most populous city in the country]] and the centre of Brazil's [[List of metropolitan areas in Brazil|fifth-largest metropolitan area]], with 4.1 million inhabitants (2022). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iguide.travel/Porto_Alegre/Introduction |title=Location of Porto Alegre |publisher=Iguide.travel |access-date=2010-10-21}}</ref>

Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo to hide his identity; the official date, though, is 1772 with the act signed by [[Immigration to Brazil|immigrants]] from the [[Azores]], [[Portugal]].

The city lies on the eastern bank of the [[Guaíba Lake]], where five rivers converge to form the [[Lagoa dos Patos]], a giant freshwater [[lagoon]] navigable by even the largest of ships. This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port and a chief industrial and commercial centre of Brazil.

In recent years, Porto Alegre hosted the [[World Social Forum]], an initiative of several nongovernment organizations. The city became famous for being the first city that implemented [[participatory budgeting]].<ref>{{cite web |title=More generous than you might think |author=Eva-Maria Verfürth |publisher=dandc.eu |date=February 2013 |url=http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/participatory-budgeting-about-every-voice-being-heard |access-date=2013-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521035422/http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/participatory-budgeting-about-every-voice-being-heard |archive-date=2013-05-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 9th Assembly of the [[World Council of Churches]] was held in Porto Alegre in 2006. Since 2000, Porto Alegre also hosts one of the world's largest [[free software]] events, called [[FISL]]. The city was one of the host cities of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], having previously been a venue for the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]].